Holy Week celebrations in the Vatican and in Ireland

20 Mar 2008

PRESS RELEASE

20 March 2008

Holy Week celebrations in the Vatican and in Ireland

A special Easter 2008 web feature is available now on the home page of the Catholic Communications Office website of the Irish Bishops’ Conference www.catholiccommunications.ie.

The feature includes links detailing the celebration of Holy Week and Easter in the Holy See and in the dioceses of Ireland.

The web-feature contains:

• Pope Benedict XVI’s schedule for Holy Week and Easter
• Bishops’ Reflections and Homilies
• Diocesan Events and Ceremonies for Holy Week and Easter
• Broadcast of Religious Ceremonies and Programmes for Easter

Holy Week and Easter ceremonies will also be streamed live on the RTÉ webcast on www.rte.ie.

ENDS

Further information:
Martin Long, Director of Communications (086 172 7678)
Kathy Tynan, Communications Officer (086 817 5674)